MARIANNE FAITHFULL: "Dangerous Acquaintances"

Original released on LP Island ILPS 9648

(UK, October 1981)

The BEATLES' British EPs Collection

EP1. Parlophone GEP 8882 (UK 1963, July 12)

EP2. Parlophone GEP 8880 (UK 1963, September 6)

EP3. Parlophone GEP 8883 (UK 1963, November 1)

EP4. Parlophone GEP 8891 (UK 1964, Fébruary 7)

EP5. Parlophone GEP 8913 (UK 1964, June 19)

EP6. Parlophone GEP 8920 (UK 1964, November 6)

EP7. Parlophone GEP 8924 (UK 1964, November 6)

EP8. Parlophone GEP 8931 (UK 1965, April 6)

EP9. Parlophone GEP 8938 (UK 1965, June 4)

EP10. Parlophone GEP 8946 (UK 1965, December 6)

EP11. Parlophone GEP 8948 (UK 1966, March 4)

EP12. Parlophone GEP 8952 (UK 1966, July 8)

EP13. Parlophone MMT/SMMT1 (UK 1967, December 8)

EP14. Apple SGE1 (UK 1981, December 7)

"Pennies From Heaven For You And Me"

Original released on double LP Warner Bros 2HW 3639
(US, 1981)

«I want to live in a world where the songs come true», says Arthur, the sheet music salesman in “Pennies From Heaven”. «There must be someplace where the songs are for real».

And here they are, the songs that lit up his life and made sweet melodies of his fondest dreams. Songs that still say, in their happy bounce and seductive rhythm, that the world needs to put on its dancing shoes.

We all have some such melody in our hearts. Music that brings back a special moment, an enchanted memory, or a minute or two of magic when workaday troubles fade into love and kisses. Where a silvery moon rides high in a velvet sky – forever.

It was Arthur’s misfortune to place too much trust in a world where the songs don’t always come true. We live our real lives well and truly on this side of the rainbow. But some part of us, like Arthur, refuses to be earthbound. We put on the music. Our feet tap. Our fingers click. The smiles come. Our hearts lift…

And for a while, the songs come true. Pennies turn once again from small change that buys next to nothing into glistening little dreams that freshen up our oldest and deepest yearnings. Listen to them tinkle and chink!

“PENNIES FROM HEAVEN”, in fact. Little coins which fill a pocketful of dreams. The one place where, as Arthur insists,
«The songs are for real».
Dennis Potter, author of “PENNIES FROM HEAVEN”

A long time ago
A million years BC
The best things in life
Were absolutely free
But no one appreciated
A sky that was always blue
And no one congratulated
A moon that was always new
So it was planned that
they would vanish now and then
And you must pay
before you get them back again
That's what storms were made for
And you shouldn't be afraid for
Every time it rains it rains
Pennies from heaven
Don't you know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven
You'll find yor fortune falling
All over town
Be sure that your umbrella
is upside down
Trade them for a package
of sunshine and flowers
If you want the things you love
You must have showers
So when you hear it thunder
Don't run under a tree
There'll be pennies from heaven
for you and me